A/HRC/12/12 Page 6 the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. 23. Brazil appreciated the cooperation with Uruguay since 2006, through an agreement to combat trafficking and sexual exploitation of children and adolescents. Brazil asked Uruguay about its experience with the right to truth and memory. Brazil recommended that Uruguay: (a) consider ratifying the UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; (b) continue its efforts to combat impunity and human rights violations with particular focus on the rights of women and children; (c) attain the voluntary human rights goals approved by the Human Rights Council. 24. The United Kingdom noted that the principle of co-operation with the international system was a mainstay of Uruguay’s foreign policy and that Uruguay was an important partner on human rights issues. It noted that the practical application of the National Code on Childhood, and the Adolescence and the Sexual Exploitation Act remained a challenge. It referred to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concern at the inequality between men and women, the persistence of stereotypes and the minimum age for marriage. The United Kingdom recommended that Uruguay: (a) establish a national human rights institution accredited by the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions in accordance with the Paris Principles; (b) ensure that its national preventive mechanism is compliant with the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and that sufficient human, financial and logistical resources are granted to it; (c) involve non-governmental organizations fully at the national level in the follow-up of this review. 25. France asked questions about the Law on the Expiry of the Punitive Claims of the State and detention conditions in prisons. It recommended that Uruguay (a) create a national human rights institution that is independent and in accordance with the Paris Principles; (b) amend discriminatory provisions vis-à-vis women contained in the Civil and Penal Code in accordance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), and more generally take necessary measures to promote equality of women and men in the realms of family, economy and policy; and (c) elaborate and put in place a judicial system that is specialized for minors. 26. While noting Government efforts in the prisons, Canada recommended that Uruguay: (a) develop a long term plan to address challenges in the area of incarceration and continue to give priority attention to prison conditions; (b) make the necessary regulatory adjustments to guarantee that non-convicted prison inmates are separated from convicted ones; (c) establish its planned national human rights institution in conformity with the Paris Principles. 27. Cuba welcomed Uruguay’s commitment in the areas of health, education, food, work, culture and adequate housing. Cuba highlighted Uruguay’s increased public expenditures for education, its special emphasis on social inclusion and its commitment to extend the coverage and quality of education at all levels. Cuba also referred to the implementation, beginning in 2008, of a national integrated health system which recognizes health as an essential human right. Cuba recommended that Uruguay: (a) continue to deepen measures under way to guarantee greater social inclusion in the national education system; and (b) continue with current efforts to eradicate poverty, indigence and social exclusion.